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My personal thought - astrophotography says it all. Whether film or
astro ccd or digital camera, it is all photography of the stars and related
objects. Whether shooting in film or digital, in order to share the
image they end up in the same format - digital. And most of the time when
going from film to file, the image get's tweeked, therefore it is no
longer a film image. So, does it matter what the original medium
the image was placed on? Not to me, I just enjoy the pictures and learning
how to take my own - whether film or digital. Regardless of the medium
there is art and science involved. Art is art, whether film or
digital. What changes between the mediums is the science or
techniques. The end result is what is important - that is the art behind
astrophotography. I don't care what medium it was imaged on.
Walter Willis
Life without chocolate is too terrible to
contemplate
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 10:56
AM
Subject: Re: [APML] CCD on APML (was: NGC
7331)
Hello all,
I've been a lurker on this list for 5 or 6
years now. Never posted an
image since I have little time to really
get out and shoot. When I do
the results are not quite good
enough. Still, I've learned a tremendous
amount from everyone on
this list that would otherwise have taken me
another 5 or 6 years to
figure out on my own.
I've stayed out of these discussions in the past
because I just don't
have a strong opinion either way. I (try to)
shoot film, but hope to
progress to CCD someday when I get good enough at
this hobby to justify
the cost (hell, I need to get good enough to justify
a better scope
first!). I personally get more value from the film
specific posts.
Still, I appreciate the incredible CCD images we see
occasionally. And
I honestly don't notice all that many CCD
images. Most of the postings
do offer some processing information
that is applicable to scanned film
images. If nothing else, they
provide me personally with a goal to
strive for.
My biggest fear is
that we will lose some very valuable experience from
this list over these
kinds of discussions. Jerry is a fabulous resource
for film and
digital processing techniques; Tony has a rare perspective
in having great
accomplishments as a film astrophotgrapher now
successfully applying his
skills to CCD; Rob Gendler is offering
wonderful images with processing
detail that I think does apply to film
(mosaics are one example that comes
to mind). It would be tragic to
alienate anyone who has something to
offer.
This list seems unique in that everyone (usually) gets along
well and
the occasional dispute is quickly and (again usually) amicably
resolved.
Is it time to amend the APML charter? I'm not
sure. I thought the
suggestion of marking CCD images as OT in the
subject was working rather
well. Seems that some are still annoyed
with it though. I think that's
a shame...
Thanks for
reading.
Dusty
Day
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